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Hancock_Jason

My job at the Hancock Building was a little more hazardous. I had to work on construction. Here, I nearly fell off. That would have been a long drop.

TribuneBuilding

This tower with the unique architechture is the Chicago Tribune building. This was definitely a unique-looking office building.

WaterTower

The old Water Tower in downtown Chicago. This building, dating back to before the Chicago fire in 1871, is the oldest building in Chicago.

LowClouds

Our first day at Chicago left us facing with less than ideal weather. Clouds cover the tops of most of the buildings in the city. But more concern to us at the time was the windchill. "The Windy City" definitely earned it's nickname that day.

Sue

Here is Sue, the most complete Tyranasaurus Rex in the world. It is found in the Field Museum of Natural History, just one of four museums we visited over the trip.

Mural

Gayle was interested in these murals that we saw on the way to the Museum of Science and Industry.

U505_1

Here is the U-505, an actual German submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry.

U_505_2

A slightly different shot of the U-505. The submarine was the foreign ship captured by the US Navy since the war of 1812.

Torpedo

Here is a torpedo that the U-505 would have fired.

Apollo8

Anyone who knows me knows I would have included this once I saw it. Here is the Apollo 8 spacecraft, the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.

MissionControl

This is a panel from Mission Control at NASA.

Beach

We took a break from downtown Chicago to visit the ocean. Actually, this small beach is located just south of the Adler Planetarium along Lake Michigan.